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SPOT FORECAST FOR MARIE CREEK...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
843 AM PDT WED AUG 21 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0818 PDT ON AUGUST 21.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

WARM AND DRY WEATHER WILL BE OVER THE MARIE CREEK FIRE TODAY
AND INTO THURSDAY. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT AND TERRAIN DRIVEN.
THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF DRY AIR IN THE MID LEVELS...
WHICH WILL INCREASE THE HAINES INDEX AND THE POTENTIAL FOR FIRE
GROWTH. LIKEWISE SURFACE RH LEVELS WILL BE LOWER THAN EXPERIENCED
YESTERDAY. BY THURSDAY...HIGH LEVEL MOISTURE WILL MOVE FROM THE
SOUTHWEST AND THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS BY THURSDAY NIGHT.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....84.
MIN HUMIDITY........14 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE/UP VALLEY 3 TO 6 MPH...BECOMING
                    NORTHWEST 4 TO 7 MPH LATE IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....54.
MAX HUMIDITY........61 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........DOWNSLOPE/DOWN VALLEY 2 TO 5 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....86.
MIN HUMIDITY........17 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE/UP VALLEY 2 TO 6 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.

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FORECASTER...RF
REQUESTED BY...JOHN HEYN
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130821.MARIE.01/OTX